Having read The Martian recently, I have a much more healthy respect for the technology that goes into these suits. Taking into consideration things like temperature, pressure and air supply, I'm more and more impressed by their creation. There's some really smart minds behind it all.

I'm also pretty excited by the idea of human feet on Mars. Roll on the '30s.

Susan, you are right, whenever the spacesuit come before the spaceship, is when the masses are being entertained.

Interestingly, the final version of the spacesuit might make more sense if it were the spaceship as well, with the human safely on earth, Mars is relatively close but even the closest star is around 4.5 light-years away. To get a head start, maybe it would be better to fund nano-printer and open-source robotic projects that could be used to explore beyond.

@Gary, good point. In a way, the government has already planted the seed by giving NASA the funding to land a man on the moon and it has been a long time since that happened, yet private enterprise has not ventured into space in a meaningful manner. The level at which private enterprise can be efficient by utilizing technology, etc, is what is needed, but unless there is some economic incentive that wheel might never begin to roll, it would be nice if there were some resources of value near-earth orbit -- it would jump start everything.

Although it looks snazzy to have multi-colored suits with stylish designs on the torso, let's get real. Unless it serves a psychological or functional purpose to have off-colored or multi-colored suits, they will likely be the same color they are today.

Although it looks snazzy to have multi-colored suits with stylish designs on the torso, let's get real. Unless it serves a psychological or functional purpose to have off-colored or multi-colored suits, they will likely be the same color they are today.

"the word "nano" was not used by NASA, considering the weight concerns, maybe Z-3 will not be the final version."

I believe there were many versions between this prototype and the final version. And that final version will be very different from the one in these pictures we see today.

As you said, nanotechnology can't be left out. IBM even created a 3D nano printer. Just imagine all the new things, materials, and technologies that will be available by when it's really time to think seriously about the this suit. This time it was just a teaser to entertain the masses.

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